Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-07-30
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WORDS OF WISDOM FOR noUsEwIvEs-H1NTs THAT
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WHOLESOME DISHES AND DAINTY DEasKRTs-
VARIOUS wAYs OF UTILIZING FRUIn.

| "ohDS of WISDOM FOR HOCSEWIVES-HINTS THAT
xAY PROVE vALUABLE-REcIPEs FOE NUMEROUS
WHOLESOME DISHES AND DAINTY DEasKRT9-
VARIOUS wAYs OF UTILIZING PRUITs.
NEVER Use MILK that has been boiled for cake.
Cake mixed with 1t is pretty sure to be heavy.
FLOUR TEE Fish CLOTH, which should be piece
OF cheese cloth, just as you would pudding cloth
To RELIEVE EARACHE, turn drop OF milk as
hot @ can be borne into the ear and cover 1t
quickly with bit OF cotton batting.
EGG WAFFLEa-Sift together one quart OF flour,
half teaspoon OF salt, add the whites Of six we'll
| beaten eggs and one-and- a-han pints OF milk
Bake and sift over with white sugar.
To BAKE EGGS, break each egg into cup, and
put the eggs on a buttered dish strewn with
cracker crumbs; covered with seasoned crumbs,
ana BAKE until the crumbs are brown.
Snow BALLA-Place rice in milk to swell; strain;
add one teaspOOnful lemon and cinnamon; pare
and core apples; put the rice around them; tie in
| cloth and boil we'll Eat with cream and sugar.
WHEN Our OF REACH OF WATER, the young red
dish-green leaves Of the oak chewed will keep OIL
thirst and act as febrtfuge. Next to these,
/ though not 50 good, are the young beech leaves
| OLD-FAsHIoNED MoLAssEs GINGERBRRAD.-One
cup sour milk one cup molasses, one teaspoon
| soda, two tablespoons melted butter, two tea
spoons ginger, One-half teaspoon cloves hour and
| WHIPPED PorA1oEs-whip boiled potatoes very
| light with fork beat in butter pepper, salt;
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DISH Set In oven two minutes, but 90 not let IL
| color.
! NEVER WASH JELLY BAG WITH SOAP. or
| strainer cloth, pudding bag or dumping nets.
The next thing that is put into or passed through
these things Will surely taste OF the davortng OF
| alkal1.
To TELL CAKE IN THE OVEN, draw 1t gently
forward and put the ear close to the loaf; II 1t Is
not done there will be little sputtering sound;
when It is thoroughly baked there VIII Dc no
FRosr1NG FOR LEMON P1E.-Beat the whites OF
three eggs and four tablespoonful OF powdered
sugar to stiff froth, spread upon the pie when
| 1t Is done; then place 1t IN the oven ana brown
| lightly.
RICE wAFTLEs.-One pint Of boiled rice mixed
with half teacup OF butter, pint Of flour, tea
| spoon of baking powder, half teaspoon OF salt,
| six eggs, and cream to make thin batter. Beat
very light
BUTTER WILL KEEP FOR YEARS II preserved in
honey, the proportion Of the mixture being an
| ounce OF honey to a pound of butter. 1t has an
agreeable taste, and might prove useful method
on long voyages.
Eco CORN BREAD.-Take a quart Of water, boil
and stir in a reacup Of meal; let boil ap stir; add
teacup Of butter; take OIL the fire and let cool;
then add two eggs and little salt; pour In but
tered dish and bake.
JAyEILR WATER, used to remove tea and coffee,
grass and fruit stains from linen, is made thus:
Mix well in ALI earthen vessel one pound OF sal
soda, five cents worth Of chloride OF lime, and two
quarts OF soft water.
In MAKING Ice CREAM the milk taken from the
COW should Immediately be cooled and kept cool.
The cream should be gathered from perfectly
fresh, cold milk. The custard should be frozen
soon as made or else kept in a refrigerator.
A DANISH SOUP.-Boil two ounces OF sage in
pint OF water until it Is like thick mucilage; add
to It bottle of claret, little grated nutmeg and
two spoonsful OF sugar II preferred. Stir 1t WELL
strain 1t and set it away to become Ice cold.
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piece OF butter the size Of an egg one cup OF sour
milk, one teaspoOnful soda, one quart OF -four one
quart OF berries Flour the berries to prevent them
from sinking to the bottom. Form into biscuits
and bake.
AN APrLE GRATED AND srEwED WITH MEAT Of
any sort will insure its being tender Vinegar or
lemon juice is also useful in removing the strong
flavor from beef kidney. II sliced and soaked for
time in the acid 1t becomes almost as mild as
Sleeps kidney.
BLACKBERRY SYRuP-Take four pounds OF fully
ripe LawtOn berries and add to them three pounds
| OF granulated sugar and one pound OF some tart
| well-iavored apples, pared, cOred and sliced Boil
all together for3forJy- live minutes. Skim, pour in
glasses and cover closely.
TO KEEP MOTHS AwAY-An old New England
| hOusekeeper says: To keep moths out of closets,
clothes and carpets take green tansy 1t is better
before 1t goes to seed Put 1t around the edges of
carpets, and hang 1t up In closets where WOODEN
clothes are hung, and no moth Will ever come
where 1t Is
BRICK OR PoTTED BEEF.-Three and half pounds
lean beef chopped fne four crackers rolled, three
eggs well beaten. tablespoonful salt, teaspOOnful
pepper. Use thyme or other herb. Mix well and
mould into brick. Cover with btseof salt pork
and bread.crumbs Put cOffeecup OF water In
the pan and basic often. Bake one hour
In MAKING SOUPS to keep over one day it should
be remembered that cooked vegetables In hot
weather do not keep as well as cooked meat ex-
tract Therefore in making meat soups Tor stocks1
that are to be favored with vegetables do not add
these the soup until the day II is to be used and
only then In just the quantity you wish to use that
day.
AN Easy METHOD OF PRESERVING CREAM for
several weeks, or even months, is to dissolve in
| water an equal weight Of white sugar with the
cream to be preserved, using only just enough
water to melt the sugar, and make rich sirup.
Boil this, and while hot add the cream, stirring
them well together. When cold put 1t into bottle
and cork IL we'll.
CAMPH0R TO ExPEL MosQuIToEs.-Take OF gum
camphor piece about one-third the size Of
hens egg, and evapOrate 1t by placing 1t in tin
vessel, and holding it over lamp, taking care
that 1t does not ignite. The smoke will soon I'LL
| the room, and expel the mosquitoes, aud not one
Will be found III the room the next morning, even
though the windows are lett open all night.
SCALLOPED MUTToN.-Quarter pound maccaroni
Uhirteen or fourteen sticks; cook In boiling
sailed water, drain, and pour cold water through
IL; cut in one-quarter-inch pieces. Put layer of
| this In baking dish, then layer OF cold roast
mutton cut In Small pieces, linen tomato sauce,
then mace and nutmeg, until all Is used. Cover
with buttered crumbs and bake one-half hour.
FORMULA FOR A MIXTURE THAT WILL MAKE PAPER
adhere to metals glass, or wood: Gum tragacanth,
thirty grammes; acacia gum, one hundred and
twenty grammes; water, rve hundred &C. Dis
solve. filter, and add two and One-half grammeS
Of thylnal suspended In one hundred and twenty
&C. OF glycerine; then add enough water TO make
| up the bulk Of one liter. This bath will keep
long time.
BLACKBERRY SRUP.-Express the juice from the
desired quantity OF berries For each pint Of this
juice take one pound OF brown sugar. one pint OF
water and boil to a thick strip. When done mix
the blackberry juice and strip together and boil
for twenty minutes, stirring constantly. Take off
the fire and add wineglaSSful OF brandy for each
quart OF sirup. When perfectly cold, bottle and
| cork down tightly for use.
RECIPE FOR CANNING CORN.-TO one quart OF corn
take one scant teaspOOnful Of tarcaric acid, dis
solved in water enough to cover the corn. Let
your corn come to boil then put in cans and seal
up. When you open the cans TO use it put in
soda to counterfeit the tartaric acid. Put the
corn in new tin cans and grease the inside of the
swellS after it Is put in them.
STEwED CCCUMBERs-Threel large cucumbers cut
lengthwiSe the size of the dish they are intended
to be served In; take out the seeds and put them
into boiling water with little SALT and let them
| simmer for nEe minutes then place them in au-
other saucepan with half pint of good brown gravy
and let them boil over brisk ire until the cucur-
berS are tender. Should they be bitter add lump
| OF sugar; carefully dish them, skim the sauce
pour 1t over the cucumberS and serve.
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